The Rochester Amerks extended their losing streak and scoreless streak on Sunday.

Rochester was shut out for the second straight game and lost 3-0 to the Lake Erie Monsters at Quicken Loans Arena.

The Amerks are 0-4-2 during a six-game losing skid. Rochester looked like a contender earlier in the season but are is in jeopardy of missing the Calder Cup playoffs. The Amerks (30-24-6-4, 70 points) are clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Guillaume Desbiens, Stefan Elliott and Mike Sgarbossa scored for the Monsters. Sami Aittokallio stopped all 23 shots he faced in the win.

Rochester, which lost 5-0 at Lake Erie on Friday, hasn't scored in more than 124 minutes. The last time the Amerks were blanked back-to-back was March 31 and April 1, 2012, losing 1-0 to Toronto and 4-0 to Abbotsford.

Jerome Gauthier-Leduc nearly put the Amerks on top when his one-timer beat Aittokallio but rang off the post in the first period.

The Monsters (28-28-0-7, 63) jumped out to a 2-0 lead with two goals 43 seconds apart.

Desbiens got an unassisted tally on a slap shot from just inside the Rochester blue line at 16:04 of the first period. Elliott scored his 12th goal of the season and third against Rochester at 16:47. Moving down from his post at the blue-line, Elliott accepted a pass in the high slot out of the corner from Mark Olver and beat Rochester goalie Connor Knapp.

Lake Erie made it 3-0 with a power-play goal by Sgarbossa in the second period.

Knapp, a York native, lost both games of the series in his first two starts of the season. He made 21 saves. Forward Luke Adam finished with a game-high four shots on goal.

Rochester closes out its three-game road trip at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Toronto.